Tag Archives: travel

The awe of Ararat…

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~It rained all day yesterday in Yerevan, a light drizzle but raw to the bone. At night, the weather turned beautiful, foretelling, I hoped, of the day to come, sunny and crisp and alive. This morning, Ararat is a shimmer … Continue reading →

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To Andalusia..

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Taline Voskeritchian

A slightly revised version of a dispatch originally posted in summer, 2011. Madrid, Barrio of Trafalgar, May 2011 It was Mahmoud Darwish, by his own personal and poetic admission a lover of Andalusia, who said about love—that love is either … Continue reading →

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The Call of the Adriatic

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~From time to time, I post photographs from friends who are traveling to the world’s remote corners and bringing or sending back photographs.  Today’s wayward photos and words are those of my daughter, Tamar, taken during our trip to Croatia … Continue reading →

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Awesome Plitvice, Croatia

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Taline Voskeritchian

“Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, and use nothing but time.” These are the directives posted by UNESCO at the entrance to the trails and waterfalls that make up the Plitvice Lake Park in northern Croatia. The Park … Continue reading →

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A Volga in Yerevan…

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Taline Voskeritchian

The weather is changing in Yerevan; winter is almost here. The evening, especially, are on the cold side, often rainy, the streets wet under the light drizzle. It’s true what everyone says about such Yerevan evenings, when you leave a … Continue reading →

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Armenian skies…

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Taline Voskeritchian

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Aleppo, of memory…

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~I wrote this article in 2005, and could not get it published although several “major” US newspapers showed interest only to withdraw at the last minute.  I can speculate, but that’s an obscene luxury now that Aleppo has been reduced … Continue reading →

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At Finisterre’s edge of the world…

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Taline Voskeritchian

From time to time, and usually in the summer, I post photographs that friends send back from their travels–South America, the Balkan countries, the Middle East, anywhere and everywhere a traveler’s fancy has taken them for pleasure or pilgrimage, fun … Continue reading →

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The Eyes of Yerevan

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Taline Voskeritchian

This essay of mine appeared in Agni Review, #49, 1999. Given all that has happened in Armenia in the last 15 years or so, not to mention the urban and human transformation of Yerevan during this period, the essay is … Continue reading →

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Boston skies…

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~Nothing matches the wild, dark beauty of the sky after the rains have stopped.  It was such an evening again this day in Boston.  The pouring rain of the past 24 hours subsided into a drizzle that stretched languidly into … Continue reading →

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